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To promote the advancement of education and research into epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, prevention and management of wounds of all aetiologies. To arrange conferences on aspects of wound management throughout Europe. To arrange multi-centre, multi-disciplinary training courses on topical aspects of wound healing.
Timing is important to wound healing. Critically, the timing of wound re-epithelialization can decide the outcome of the healing. [11] If the epithelization of tissue over a denuded area is slow, a scar will form over many weeks, or months; [12] [13] If the epithelization of a wounded area is fast, the healing will result in regeneration.
Postoperative wounds are those wounds acquired during surgical procedures. Postoperative wound healing occurs after surgery and normally follows distinct bodily reactions: the inflammatory response , the proliferation of cells and tissues that initiate healing , and the final remodeling .
A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. [1] [2] Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical), or can develop slowly over time due to underlying disease processes such as diabetes mellitus, venous/arterial insufficiency, or immunologic disease. [3]
In the event of an injury that damages the skin's protective barrier, the body triggers a response called wound healing. After hemostasis, inflammation white blood cells, including phagocytic macrophages arrive at the injury site. Once the invading microorganisms have been brought under control, the skin proceeds to heal itself.
Macrophages are essential for wound healing. [64] They replace polymorphonuclear neutrophils as the predominant cells in the wound by day two after injury. [65] Attracted to the wound site by growth factors released by platelets and other cells, monocytes from the bloodstream enter the area through blood vessel walls. [66]
It is the first stage of wound healing. Hemostasis involves three major steps: vasoconstriction; temporary blockage of a hole in a damaged blood vessel by a platelet plug; blood coagulation (formation of fibrin clots) Coagulation, the changing of blood from a liquid to a gel which forms the fibrin clots, is essential to hemostasis.
In 2011, the scientific literature highlighted stress shielding a fresh wound through the wound healing process, brings significant scar improvement and smaller scars. [ 18 ] [ 35 ] By 2016, skin had been regenerated in vivo and in vitro . and scar-free healing had been operationalized and induced by four main regeneration techniques: by ...